The Scunthorpe United boss said that he believes his side is capable of winning any game in this league, and that is exactly the mentality he will take with his side down to Home Park this Saturday.

“Every game is there to be won for us,” he said.

“Regardless of whether we are home or away, at any point of the season, we always try to win the game and Saturday will be no different.

“I am sure that Plymouth will be going into the game looking for a win and you’ll see two good teams going up against each other trying to take the three points.”

After securing their first victory of the season with an impressive performance against table-toppers Oxford United last Saturday, Alexander is hoping that his said can replicate and improve them last week’s performance and result.

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“Throughout the week we analyse the players’ individual performances and speak to the players and give them the information on where they need to improve their performance and if we see that improvement from last week, then we give ourselves the best chance of winning.”

After gaining automatic promotion from League Two last season and a solid early start to this season, the Iron boss believes that the Pilgrims squad will still have a winning mentality, which will make them a dangerous opposition to face, especially so early on in the campaign.

“We are expecting a very difficult game.

“When teams get promoted, they usually come up with that winning mentality, which is why they got promoted.

“If the squad and morale of the team does not change that much then they take that mentality into the next division.”

Although he is wary of the threat which Plymouth will pose against his side on Saturday, Alexander emphasised that his main concern is his own side and how they can capitalise on the other team’s weaknesses, rather than worrying about their strengths.

“We know they have got several good players at Plymouth and they can cause us problems.

“But we don’t concentrate and the past success of any club that we face. We look at the qualities they have right now and any possible weaknesses that we can exploit and we go and concentrate on our own performance.”

Kevin van Veen and Jordan Clarke will both be checked upon after today’s training, but will both likely once again miss out this weekend.

The Scunthorpe boss stated that the pair should be fine for next weekend’s trip to Bury.

Kyle Wootton, Jonny Margetts and Luke Williams remain sidelined and are all still a few weeks away from training with the first-team.

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Finally, Alexander went out of his way to applaud the Scunthorpe supporters for their support on Tuesday night’s Carabao Cup loss against Middlesbrough.

“We desperately wanted to give the fans a good performance against Middlesbrough to reward their loyalties for coming all that way.

“It was great to see all of the fans there and hopefully we can take good numbers down to Plymouth!

He went on to state that he wants to reward the fans for travelling down to Devon this weekend and hopes to put a smile on their face for the 320-mile trip back home to Scunthorpe as they look to gain all three points.

“We know the difficulties of travelling down there and to come back, but their support to us is invaluable.

“We want to put on a show for them every time they come follow us and they can rest assured we will work our socks off to give them a good result and make the long journey back a happy one.